Improvement in grub-hooks



J. W. GOODALL.

Shovel Plow.

' No. 98,159. Patented Dec. 21, 1869.

' N.PETERS FHOTO-LITHOGRAPHFJL WASH NGTON. n46.

UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. GOODALL, OF ELDRED, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN GRUB-HOOKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 98,159, dated December21, 1869.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. W. GOODALL, of Eldred, in the county of Wayne andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Grubbers or Hooks for Use on Farms; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, likeletters indicating like parts wh erever they occur.

To enable others skilled in the art to construct and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe it.

My invention consists in a novel construction of an implement for use onfarms, for removing stones, grubs, and similar obstructions, and whichis also adapted to other uses, as hereinafter explained.

Figure 1 is a perspective view, and Fig. 2 a side view, of my improvedimplement.

In constructing my implement, I take a strong bar of iron, and from itconstruct the beam A with a hook, O, at its front end, and with its rearportion formed into astrong prong or curved standard, B, as representedin the drawings, these parts being made sufficiently heavy and strong towithstand the force, of two yoke of cattle. To the beam A, I firmlysecure two handles, I, by means of bolts and braces, as represented. Ithen provide two additional side beams, O, which are provided with aseries of holes corresponding with similar holes in the beam A, for thereception of bolts, by which the beams G are secured to the beam A,there being several holes in the latter for the purpose of adjusting theside beams back or forward, as may be desired. These side beams, O, arebent or curved laterally, so as to make them stand off a short dis tancefrom the central prong, B. I also provide a double share, D, for each ofthese prongs or side beams, O, and secure them thereto by means of ataper pin, 6, which passes through from side to side, and which can beeasily removed when it is desired to detach the shares D.

This instrument, thus constructed, is susceptible of many uses on thefarm. To use it for the removal of stones, grubs, roots, stumps,

and similar obstructions, the side beams are detached and the centralprong, B, used without the others. The team being hitched to thefrontend of the beam A, the prong B is caught under the stone, and if theobstruction be so firmly fixed that it cannot be pulled up in theordinary manner, the team can be I backed up and attached to the beam insuch a manner as to bring the hookO much nearer the yoke, which willelevate the front end of ally or partially in a circle the stump can bewrenched or twisted from its position.

The implement is also well adapted to the breaking up of stiff or hardsubsoils, the prong B being used alone, or with one or both of the sideprongs, 0, according to circumstances.

By adding the shares D the implement may also be used with good effectas a cultivator or scarifier in working hard soils, either on summerfallows or between rows of growing crops; and without the shares D itanswers admirably for pulling up all sorts of briers and brush by theroots, as also noxious weeds of various kinds. In this way I provide animplement that is adapted to a variety of uses, and thus well suited tothe wants of farmers in various sections of the country.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. Theherein-described implement, consisting of a short, strong, ironbean1,-A, provided with the curved prong B, and the handles I rigidlyattached, substantially as described.

2. In combination with the above, the adjustable side prongs, O, anddetachable shares D, all constructed and arranged to operatesubstantially as described.

J. W. GOODALL.

Witnesses:

PHIL. 'I. DODGE, W. O. DODGE.

